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底堆石 (teitaiseki) Japanese meaning: ground moraine | Kotomora

底てい堆たい石せき

て

い

た

い

せ

き

Meanings

1

ground moraine

Geological term for a moraine deposited beneath a glacier, forming a layer of till.

底てい堆たい石せきは氷ひょう河がの底そこに堆たい積せきした

岩いわ

屑くず

の

層そう

で

ある

。

Ground moraine is a layer of rock debris deposited beneath a glacier.

Kanji

底bottom, sole, depth
堆piled high
石stone

Built from

底てい+堆たい石せき

Etymology

Compound of 底 (てい, 'bottom') + 堆石 (たいせき, 'moraine'), literally 'bottom moraine'.